Game



1.cARTER. K

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. v17, 1921.

l 1,398,837. Patented Nov. 29,1921.

wrrNEssEs 2 Z A r Y I ATTQRNEY CIK Uit

erase irreali JOSEPH CARTER, OF SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

GAME.

assess?.

Application filed March 17, 1921. Serial No. 453,094.

Vprovide a simple form of game to be played by one or more persons, wherein skillmay take a prominent part in enabling the player to win the game. l

The invention comprises a board or table with supports or legs for elevating it above a surface and the board is provided with ends and sides so that light blocks or men may be employed and an impeller or mallet may be used acting on the men7 by the im- A pact of blows transmitted from the impeller through the bottom of the table, which may be made more or less elastic for the purpose. At what may be termed the head of the table, there is provided a pocket to catch the men or playing objects as they are impelled through the air by blows struck on the bottom of the table from beneath.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to Vany strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but may be changed and modilied so long as such changesy and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

ln the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a game* board embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the structure of Fig. 1, and indicating in dotted lines the manner of playing the game.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a game-board comprising a bottom member 1, a head member 2, a tail member 3, and side members 4, joined together in any apA propriate manner and provided with llegs 5 at the corners, so as to support the board upon a table 6 or the like with the under surface of the bottom 1 sufficiently` elevated Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nev. 29, 1921.

above the table G for the purposes of the invention.

The game-board may, 1n most part, be

made of sufficiently stout cardboard kor of' veneer or the like, oost and strength-of the structure being taken into consideration.

The head 2 is made higher than the other parts ofthe structure, to carry a pocket 7, and the tail 3 and sides-4- need only be made high enough to prevent the discharge of the playing elements thereover.

Suitable men orplaying elements 8 areV provided and these maybe conveniently made of cubical blocks of wood of appropriate size or of some other material than wood, providing an appropriate bulk and weight to possess sufhcient inertia to cause these blocks of wood or the like to travel for a sufficient distance through the air, so that when starting from a state of rest from within the structure at a Apoint near the Vtail board k3, they will reach at least as far as the pocket 7 and drop thereinto.

On the upper face of the bottom member 1, place areas 9 are produced near the tail `board 3 and on the same surface of the bottom member are circumscribed areas 10 serving as traps. The blocks 8 are differentiated by coloring or otherwise so that these blocks may be individual to the players. A block `8 is placed upon one of the areas 9 and the mallet 11 is grasped by the hand of the player and a blow is imparted to the under surface of the bottom member 1 close to the area 9 but at a point somewhat to the rear of said area, so that the force of ythe blow is transmitted to the block in a manner to cause the block to rise in the air toward the pocket 7 and with such force that the block will traverse a path which, if the aim be correct, will cause the block to drop into the pocket 7.

By pre-arrangement among the players, a successful shot, whereby the impelled block S will iind its way into the pocket 7 will Vcount a certain amount. If the aim of the player be faulty, the block may drop beyond the sides or ends of the board 1 or may drop in a ring 10 or at some other point` which vwill count against the player, either by exacting a forfeit or otherwise. Each player may be allowed a certain number of shots and certain play may demand forfeits or the losing of turns, or any other arrangement to be agreed upon.

The game-board provides a means for amusement of two or more people for ,contest purposes and even one person may find amusement in the endeavor to acquire skill in the projection of the blocks into the'- pockets 7l The game-board is susceptible of manufacture in the knocked down condition to be assembled and secured together by nails or brads 12 driven through the ends and sides 2, 3 and 4.

The structure is capable of manufacture from cheap material having ample strength for the purpose and hence is adapted to produce game-boards capable of being sold at a. small price, with the replacement cost so low that in the event of the game-boardl ed to rest on the table, a pocket at one end of the table, and a mallet for tapping the under surface of the table adjacent to the end remote from the pocket, whereby blows delivered to the under face of and transmitted through the table will cause a playing element on the table to rise therefrom and, if the blow be properly directed, proceed .to and drop into the pocket.

2. A game-board comprising a box-like rstructure of fibrous material having a head board, a tail board, elongated sides, and a bottom of elastic characteristics, a pocket carried bythe head board on the face thereof toward the tailboard, a playing element, and a tapping implement, the bottom having indicia displayed on its upper surface in distant relation to the pocket, for locating the playing elements.

SQA gamesboard comprising a box-like structure of fibrous material having a head portion, a tail portion, elongated sides, a bottom of elastic characteristics, playing elements in the form of cubes, and a pocket carried by the head portionv on the face thereof toward the tail portion, the bottom having indicia displayed on its upper sur-l :tace in distant relation to the'pocket for locating the playing elements, and a mallet for imparting impulses to the playing elements through the bottom of the game-board, the visible surfaceor" the bottom'being provided with penalty spaces for'adding diiiiculty to the playing of the game.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afHXed my signature.` n

"'JosEPi-I CARTER. 

